God’s Word Translation
Psalms 38:8
8I am numb and completely devastated. I roar because my heart’s in turmoil.
Psalms 38:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
- New International Version (NIV)I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.
Context of Psalms 38:8
6I am bent over and bowed down very low. All day I walk around in mourning. 7My insides are filled with burning pain, and no healthy spot is left on my body. I am numb and completely devastated. I roar because my heart’s in turmoil. 9You know all my desires, O Lord, and my groaning has not been hidden from you. 10My heart is pounding. I have lost my strength. Even the light of my eyes has left me.
Read all of Psalms 38Psalms 38:8 word by word
נְפוּג֣וֹתִי וְנִדְכֵּ֣יתִי עַד־מְאֹ֑ד שָׁ֝אַ֗גְתִּי מִֽנַּהֲמַ֥ת לִבִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 38:8
- Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away from helping me, so far away from the words of my groaning?
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silent ⌞about my sins⌟, my bones began to weaken because of my groaning all day long.
- Job 3:24“When my food is in front of me, I sigh. I pour out my groaning like water.
- Job 30:28I walk in the dark without the sun. I stand up in public and call for help.
- Isaiah 59:11We all growl like bears. We coo like doves. We hope for justice, but there is none. We hope for salvation, but it’s far from us.
Commentaries on Psalms 38:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8I am feeble and sore broken - I am so exhausted with my disease that I feel as if on the brink of the grave, and unfit to appear before God; therefore "have I roared for the disquietness of my heart." That David describes a natural disease here cannot reasonably be doubted; but what that disease was, who shall attempt to say? However, this is evident, that whatever it was, he most deeply deplored the cause of it; and as he worthily lamented it, so he…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8I am feeble - The word used here means properly to be cold, or without warmth; and then, to be torpid or languid. Compare Genesis 45:26. Would not this be well represented by the idea of a “chill?” And sore broken - This word means to break in pieces; to beat small; to crush; and then it may be used to denote being broken in spirit, or crushed by pain and sorrow: Isaiah 57:15; Isaiah 53:5; Isaiah 19:10. I have roared - I have cried out on account of my…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-8The severity of God’s punishment brings anguish that affects every part of the psalmist’s being.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-85-8. The loathsomeness, corruption, and wasting torture of severe physical disease set forth his mental anguish [Psa 38:6]. It is possible some bodily disease was connected. The loins are the seat of strength. His exhaustion left him only the power to groan [Psa 38:9].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 38
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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